Unconscious modulation of motor cortex excitability revealed with transcranial magnetic stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Théoret, Hugo ^a,b   Halligan, Erin ^a   Kobayashi, Masahito ^a   Merabet, Lotfi ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Masking; Motor cortex; Semantic priming; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASKING; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1642356511     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1820-y     Document Type: Article

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